Telegram-herald., 1887-08-15

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cas- lazE sigstFy starts h4 ha4zsAola and
tnat Tar aislseL of a asysr RECEIVERS. 1sers
as tens u tso1san.is Il tig9ts - years cd.
rhil< se-la4iaalznl zsd bAs9sry also riss
fr.m loo great DrcaaIEssee II any ose d.
nolain4fleh ia a csuMznlzy All tEs ether
csnonlaail0as aFs srosag. aAi sis dsnosalna-
tlen = r.shs pecalse a. dznonii1ztI0a IS tbs
nlost wealthy. o. t1s a4ost pep,l AZ, or the
niasl Influential, aB4 il Is .'ouf chgfcb. snd
-olr' religious org zlllsat4sn, en1 our choir,
aa1 -SlI minister. ala tas nan toss hls
Lsa,i ald wants ether dsBoalEnsrIozs 20 kn0v
theLr places Il - a great deal better IA any
eonlmuaity ~Eea tna great 1sGoznlnatio1s u
CHRISTIANS are about sqsAi in power, nlxrca-
ing side ~ sisls for tks worlds conquest
Mere outzits prosperity mere worldly power,
is no ssilisnos that the eEarcn - acceptable 70
Col Better a barn With Christ IA ths
hanger than cathedral Nth magnificent
harm0nies rolling through ths long drawn
aisles ana al 81 from heaven II the pulpit,
Il there Be no Christ ia the char-'sl and no
Christ ia TIE robes BlSotEy Is often the child
u ignoranc@.
You se.iom find a uaan with large intellect
who i = b.got Il s the man who TANKS be
knows a great deal but does not That nam
Is almost always bigot. TAe whole tendency
II edacalion and civilization Is % bring a
nan oGl Of that And of state u mind and
heart There ~as in the far east a great obe-
hsA, and oHe slde ot the ooelLsk Was white,
another side of ths Obelisk was green, another
side of the obelisk was blue. ami travellers
went aud looked AZ that obsiisk, bat they did
not walk around IT, Oas man looked at one
side, another AZ another side. and they came
home. each ons looking at oaly one side. Aud
taey happened % meet, the story says, and
they got into a rank quarrel about the color
ot that obelisk. One man said it was white,
another man said II was green, another man
said 10 Was blue, and when they were in the
very heat Of the controversy more intelli-
gent traveller came and said: Gentlemen, l
have seen that ob-lisk. and you arc all right
and you are al wrong. Why didn't you
walk all around the obsliskf
Look ca, for the man who sees only one
side OF a reli -ious truth. Look cut FOR tho
man who never walks around about these
great theories OF God and eternity and the
dead. he viii be a Oigot inevltably-the
man who only sees one side. There Is no
man morc - bs pitied than he who has IN
his head lust one idea-u0 more, no less.
More light. less sectarianisn- There is moth
ing that viii SO soon Kill bigotry sunshine
Gods sunshine.
III. SO have set before you what l con
sider 20 be the causes OF bigotry. have set
before YOU the origin Of this great evil.
What ara some OF the baleful effectsi First
OF all it cripples investigation You are
wrong, and | am right, and that ends IT, No
taste for exploration, no spirit OF inveStiga-
ton. From the glorious realm Of Gods
truth. over which an archangel might fy
from eternity 70 eternity and not reach the
limit. the man shuts himself out and dies, a
blind mole under a corn shock Ii stops all
investigation
While each denomination Of Christians Is
70 present all the truths OF the Bible, it seems
70 me that God has given TO each denomina-
ton an especial mission 20 give particular
emphasis 20 some ono doctrine; and so the
Calvinistic churches must present the sover-
eighty OF God, and the Arsniniap churches
must present mans free agency, and the
Episcopal churches must present the import
ance OF order and solemn ceremony, and the
Baptis. churches must present the necessity
Of ordinances. and the Congregational church
must present the responsibility Of the indi-
vidual member land the Methodist church
must show what holy enthusiasm, hearty
congregational singing can accomplish.
While each denomination Of Christians must
set forth al the doctrines OF the Bible, feel
Il IS especially incumbent upon each denonli-
nation 70 put particular emphasis upon some
one doctrine
Another great damage done by the secta-
rianism and bigotry Of the church Is that IL
disEusts people with the Christian religion
Now, my friends, the Church Of God Yves
never intended for o war barrack- Peopls
are afraid OF riot You 60 down the street
| and you see an excitement, and missiles fly
ing through the air. and you hear the shock
OF firearms. Do you, the peaceful and In
dustrious citizen, 90 through that street,
I ~Oh. nol~ you viii say, ~Ill 60 around tho
block Nov, menl come and look upon this
narrow path 70 heaven, and sometimes see
the ecclesiastical brickbats flying every
whittier, and they say. well, guess I'll take
the broad road; Il it Is 50 rough, aud there Is
50 much sharp shooting on the narrow road,
| guess III try the broad roai'
Francis 50 hated the Lutherans that he
said il he thought there was one drop Of
Lutheran blood in bis veins he would pune
| ture them and let that drop out Just as long
as there Is so much hostility between denomi-
nation and denomination, OF between one
I y
one church and another, just so long men
win be disguised with the Christian religion
and say, If that Is religion, 1 want none
Of it
Again. bixotry and sectarianism do great
/ damage in the fact that they hinder the tri-
unnh of the Gospel Oh. how much wasted
! ammunition, how many men of splendid in
teHect havs given their whole life to contro-
vcrsia disputes. when, if they had given
their lie 70 something practical. they might
have been vastly useful Suppose this morn
ing. While speak. there we're a common enc
nv coming up the bay through The NsrrowS,
/ and al the forts around New York began to
FIRE into each other-You would cry out.
/ National suicide, why don't ttoss forts
biaz> swav in one direction. and that ssainst
tho common enemyr And yet / sometimes
sae IN thu church q the Lord Jesus Christ =
strange thing going On. church against
church. minister against miaistsr. denoniua-
tioa against denomination. friRg away into
their own fort, or the fort which ought
n ba On the sarae side, instead Of concentrst-
fnx their energy and giving one mighty and
everlasting vollev a~ainst tha asvies u dark.
/ neSs riding nD through the baYi
I 70 out soustiues in the summer. and
find tvo beehives. and these two hives are il
7 11iarraL I come near enough. not 81 be
s'uug bus come just near eecuEh % bear
the controversy. and ere beehive SAYS. That
I field 4 clover is the sweetest and an
/ ether heaai~s SAYS. @Inat fe'd II
+ clover is tbe sweetest" corse n b
tr-psr tl,arl. and say. step this quarrel. il
I ycu Ike thas ield ~ clover best. 60 thers: X
Yen use that feid Il clover best. e thers;
+ hu- - rne ssli you that that hive watch gsts
/ toe r1ost honey is the best hirs. So l CONS
{ cut between tha churches Of the Lord Jess
{ Christ One denomination Il Christians
/ savs That feid Of Christian doctrine =